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Learning about underwater geography is important because it enhances our understanding of the Earth’s largest and least explored environment—the ocean floor. Underwater geography knowledge is crucial for studying geological processes like plate tectonics, which can lead to earthquakes and volcanic activity. Underwater geography also plays a key role in marine biology by identifying diverse habitats that support a wide array of marine life. Additionally, it has practical applications in navigation, resource exploration, and environmental conservation. Understanding the topography of the ocean floor aids in predicting natural disasters like tsunamis and in addressing global issues such as climate change, as underwater features influence ocean currents and climate patterns. With this in mind, let’s engage with this excellent learning resource!

This underwater geography article provides the perfect grab and go, print and provide resource that can help your students learn all about underwater geography. For digital, you can provide a Google doc copy for ease of submission or a Microsoft word version as well. In this underwater geography article with questions to check comprehension and inspire scientific thinking.

For many educational standards, a base level of content knowledge is needed around the relevant topics, this underwater geography article covers that foundational knowledge for the NGSS: MS-ESS2-3 | HS-ESS1-5 | HS-ESS2-1

THIS UNDERWATER GEOGRAPHY ARTICLE CAN BE USED SO MANY WAYS:

• Useful for substitute (sub) teaching
• To extend students
• To increase scientific literacy in your class
• A weekly reading task
• Great as a lesson filler when class goes too fast
• To inspire students on a particular topic
• Give a selection of these articles for students to choose from

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THIS UNDERWATER GEOGRAPHY ARTICLE:

• 3 page Word doc teacher version with answers
• 2 page Word doc student version with room to fill in answers (text boxes)
• 3 page PDF teacher version with answers
• 2 page PDF student version without answers (but space left to do so)
• 3 page Google doc teacher version with answers
• 2 page Google doc student version with room to fill answers (text boxes)

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I am very proud of this series of science articles and they are rich with information and wonder at the majesty of science. Each science article includes a fun fact(s) to add to the knowledge gained from this article. Formatted in an easy to read and digest manner, each paragraph is numbered to help with referencing and each question answer has a paragraph reference number to point to the specific information (where applicable).